1919 Richardson Vapour System

JStar

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Did some work on this one. New boiler. New vents. About half of the radiators had the original return elbows. The others had updated Hoffman traps. Can you guess which ones magically began to heat after we installed our new boiler and set the pressure at 3oz? The air eliminator was stuck closed, so we added our new Gortons and left it in place for character.



I'm going back this week because the new Vaporstat is acting funny at those low settings. Common complaint with these Vaporstats? Is there any alternative yet?

Rod

Gerry Gill's Marvelous Vaporstat Tester

Hi Joe- There was a discussion several years back on vaporstats where Gerry Gill gave us a description of his ingenious machine for testing vaporstats. As so many vaporstats  seem to have problems even right out of the box, using Gerry's tester seems an easy way to eliminate return calls. Here's a link in case you haven't already read this post.

http://www.heatinghelp.com/forum-thread/128249/why-do-Honeywell-vaporstats-suck-so-badly

- Rod

JStar

Vapor

Yes, I did read that thread. I was hoping a better product has come out since then...